Awning-fixture



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD PEACH, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK.

AWNINGr-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,399, dated July 31, 1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD PEACH, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Awning-Fixture; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front view of an awning with my invention applied to it. Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken in the line x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken in the line y, y, Fig. 2-

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the door or window of a building, and B, is a box placed directly over the same projecting from the building or formed within the wall thereof. Vithin this box B, there is placed longitudinally a roller C, the box being suiiciently long to allow the roller to extend the whole width of the door or window. To this roller the upper end of the awning D, is attached and to one end of the shaft a, of the roller the inner end of. a coil or barrel spring E, is secured, the outer end of said spring being attached to the inner side of a cylinder F, which is tted on the shaft a, and encompasses the spring E, as shown in Fig. 8. Ihel cylinder F, has its outer end provided with a ournal which is tted in a suitable bearing c, and the end of the shaft a, of the roller adjoining the cylinder F, is supported by a bearing (Z, the inner end of cylinder F, being supported by shaft a,-see Fig. 3.

On the periphery of cylinder F, there is a ratchet c, into which a pawl f, catches, the lower end of the pawl being attached by a joint g, with the bottom of the box or recess.

The outer end of the awning D, is attached to a strip or plate G, to which, near its ends, rods or struts H, are secured, the lower ends of said struts being connected to the building by joints it. To each strut there is attached a hook z', which hooks are fitted in eyes j, in the building when the awning is distended.

The operation is as follows: When the awning D, is not required for use it is wound up on the roller C, within the box B, the strip or plate G, closing the front of the box, and the spring E, within the cylinder F, if required may be slightly wound up by turning the cylinder F, it being necessary that the spring have sufficient strength when the awnino' is wound up to keep the strip or plate in proper place in front of the box B. Vhen the awning is required for use the struts H, are forced down, the awning being thereby nnwound from the roller C, and the spring E, wound up, in consequence of the cylinder F, being prevented from turning by means of the ratchet e, and pawl f. The awning is kept in a distended state by means of the hooks z', which are fitted in the eyes y', see Figs. 1 and 2. When the awning is not desired for use the hooks z', are unhooked from the eyes j, and the spring E, of course winds up the awning. In case, at any time, it is required to have the spring inoperative, the pawl f, is thrown back from the ratchet e, and the spring is thereby allowed to turn with shaft a.

This fixture may be applied at a very small cost, even if two springs E, are required, which may be necessary in large awnings, a spring being at each end of the roller C.

I do not claim as my invention the application of springs to wind up the roller; but

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the hinged struts H, plate G, hooks z', awning D, roller C, spring E, ratchet e, and pawl f, as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

EDWARD PEACH.

Vitnesses:

M. W. JONES, WILLIAM PoLLARD. 

